Blood Weekly

Blood Banking - Prestorage plasma filtration activates the complement cascade

Retrovirus - Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 can spread directly between lymphocytes

Stem-Cell Research - Blastocyst-derived cell is source of neural derivates for differentiation study

Stem-Cell Research - Direct cell contact influences fate of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Stem-Cell Research - Human neural progenitor cells possible source for treatment of Parkinson disease

Addiction Medicine - Family history predicts alcohol relapse after liver transplantation

Allergy - Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis occurs in 6% of chronic rhinosinusitis

Allergy - Unknown mechanism of action involved in expression of cytokines in mast cells

Alzheimer Disease - APP contributes to inflammatory condition in Alzheimer disease

Angiology - Enhanced iNOS expression associated with progression of CAL in Kawasaki disease

Angiology - Patients with moderate thrombocytopenia do not require treatment

Apoptosis - Fas-mediated apoptosis enhanced in ageing human keratinocytes

Blood Cancer - $14.9M in grants to fund research for blood cancer treatments

Blood Safety - Blood donors in Lagos, Nigeria, misinformed regarding safety of donating blood

Bloodstream Infections - Dalbavancin superior to vancomycin for bloodstream infections, data shows

Bone Defects - Pennington scientists turn human fat cells into bone

Bone Marrow Transplant - Scientists show adult blood stem cells can transform into brain cells in people

Breast Cancer - Minimal residual breast cancer detected using CK19 and EGF-R primers in RT-PCR

Business Update - Biologics company announces closing of reorganization and cash infusion

Cell Therapy - TALL-104 cells injure glioma cells by apoptotic and necrotic pathways

Chemotherapy - HDCT improves cure rate of young children with medulloblastoma and stPNET tumors

Chronic Hepatitis B - Hepatitis B virus genotypes have no bearing on outcomes after liver transplants

Chronic Hepatitis C - Good management of hepatitis C requires thorough pretreatment evaluation

Citrobacter Rodentium - Novel C. rodentium type III secreted proteins reduce colon hyperplasia

Cloning - Company provides two NIH agencies with open access to cloning technologies

Cryptococcosis - Mononuclear phagocytes are a vehicle for cryptococcal dissemination

Cytokines - Cytokines IL-8 and IL-10 are prognostic factors in burn sepsis

Cytomegalovirus - Myeloid progenitor genes affected by latent CMV infection identified

Dengue Virus - No new cases detected following dengue 3 epidemic in Havana

Diabetes Complications - "Good guy" blood cells are now suspects in heart disease, diabetes

Diabetes Risk Factor - Hepatitis C virus may be a diabetes trigger in liver transplant recipients

Diagnostic Imaging - Cirrhotic nodules sometimes resemble liver cancer on computed tomography

Diagnostics - Tc-99m-GSA scintigraphy complements liver function analysis before hepatectomy

Dialysis - Novel hemoperfusion method attenuates dialysis-related amyloidosis

Endocrinology - Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 represents cell differentiation marker in tumors

Endocrinology - Vasopressin release reduced in ovariectomy restored by oestradiol replacement

Enzymology - Trypsin IV is a novel agonist of protease-activated receptors 2 and 4

Finance - Biotechnology company reports first quarter 2004 financial results

Finance - Blood-processing company reports increased revenues

Gastroenterology - Enteral absorption of CsA good in very small children following liver transplant

Genetics - Pathogenetic role for BCL6 translocation in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Genomics - Beta-catenin regulates the gene of unique novel matrix metalloproteinase-26

Genomics & Genetics -  Caenorhabditis elegans eukaryotic IFF-1 required for germ cell proliferation

Graft-Versus-Host Disease - Ultraviolet light exposure prevents graft-versus-host disease in animal study

Graft-versus-Host Disease - Nonmyeloablative regimens reduce incidence of GVHD better than myeloblative

HIV/AIDS - HIV-1 viral load increase confers virus escape risk via recombination diversity

HIV/AIDS Research - IKK2 inhibitor alleviates kidney and wasting diseases in murine AIDS model

HIV/AIDS Research - RH116 differentially regulates cell growth, death and HIV-1 replication

HIV/AIDS Treatment - HLA-B*5701 and Hsp70-Hom M493T alleles necessary for abacavir hypersensitivity

Hematology - Some para-sulfonato-calix-[n]-arenes possess hemolytic properties

Hemolytic Anemia - Rituximab rapidly effective for patients with cold and warm autoantibodies

Hepatitis C Epidemiology - Risk factors for hepatitis C in Alaska natives reported

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV compartmentalization in circulating B cells and monocytes is common

Hepatitis C Virus - High viral loads and diverse viremia characterize pediatric HCV infection

Hepatitis C Virus - MMF does not decrease viral load in chronic HCV liver transplant recipients